I think I have it working, 1. Installed pppoe using "apt-get install pppoe" 2. Proceeded to the use the command "pppoe-setup" which spewed errors about no configuration file "pppoe.conf" in "/etc/ppp/" 3. Copied a sample file off the web and saved it in this location and 4. Ran the command "pppoe-setup" again and answered the straight forward questions like what ethernet interface to use, what my username and password are etc... 5. The system times out while waiting for a connection to get established with the ISP's server. 6. Have even put the command "pppoe-start" in my /etc/rc.local file for starting the connection at boot.
Now if only the guys setting up my account at the ISP could finish doing so as it will be a week since they started on this on Wednesday, ;-) I would be one happy surfer. Will update you all once everything's up Benjamin M Wakhweya On 08/16/2010 01:36 PM, Benjamin M Wakhweya wrote: > Hello Uganda LUG, > > I wonder if any of you has successfully configured a linux machine to > connect through wvdial and a Wimax radio to the internet. > > I've got a Debian Lenny box that has dialed up to the internet fine thus > far > (through CDMA, GPRS/GSM/HSDPA modems using wvdial to set up the ppp > connection) > > but wonder how I should configure it to dial a pppoE connection, > > I am googling at the moment, but just feel that someone here can get me > to the promised land sooner, > > appreciate the help in advance, > > Benjamin M Wakhweya > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
